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[Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company (youtu.be)
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https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Brother_Ink_Lockout_%26_Quality_Sabotage

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Inside the US, sure. That just means you don't get the cool FOSS printer.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You can still build it yourself.

[–] jdeath@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

yeah let's build "ghost printers" wait are we in a cyberpunk dystopia?!

[–] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

AR15 lower receiver model. You can buy a kit that's 85% of the way to done and only needs basic tools from there.